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“Break The Law, And I’ll Pardon You.”

Filed in National by on April 12, 2019 1 Comment

That’s what Donald Trump reportedly said to his anointed acting Secretary of Homeland Security: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-said-he-would-pardon-border-agents-who-broke-law-by-denying-asylum-seekers-cnn-says_n_5cb0ea15e4b0ffefe3b05edc This President and the denizens of his administration no longer even attempt to hide their blatant lawlessness. Why bother when your AG is in the bag for Big Orange?  If he wins reelection, all is lost. If it’s not already.

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General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thurs., April 11, 2019

Filed in Delaware, Featured by on April 11, 2019 17 Comments

The gun bills have been introduced. Supporters and opponents have mobilized. Just remember: Pretty much every mouthbreather who opposes these bills has nothing better to do than to drag their butts to Dover.  About 200 of ’em.   Over and over again. In poll after poll, support for reform measures is overwhelming.  Here’s Matt Bittle’s […]

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General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Weds., April 10, 2019

Filed in Delaware, Featured by on April 10, 2019 13 Comments

Finally! Some meat on dem bones. Randall Chase reports that the D’s are gonna go all-in on some serious gun control legislation: In addition to resurrecting proposed bans on certain firearms and ammunition magazines, Democrats also are proposing a new bill requiring anyone who wants to buy a gun in Delaware to obtain permission in […]

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Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tues., April 9, 2019

Filed in Delaware, Featured by on April 9, 2019 2 Comments

Why did the General Assembly take last week off? According to one former staffer, the reason is b/c the last time the Honorables spent five consecutive weeks in session, they all wanted to kill each other.  They took the week off b/c presumably absence makes the heart less hostile. I’m speaking, of course, about those […]

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MY Kind Of Justifiable Homicide

Filed in National by on April 7, 2019 3 Comments

Not to mention, there will be no intervention by the courts in this case: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/poacher-killed-by-elephant-kruger-national-park_n_5ca9f80be4b0a00f6d4118b8

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The Republican Party Is An Ongoing Criminal Conspiracy: An Open Thread

Filed in Featured, National by on April 5, 2019 23 Comments

It’s so obvious, yet, predictably, it is so rarely discussed, if at all.  But on matters both macro and micro, the Party could be indicted under the RICO statutes, if said statutes applied to political parties. The purpose of this criminal conspiracy?: To retain power, even if it requires the destruction of democratic norms.  No, […]

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Jason Ricci, His Band…AND A Complimentary Libation! And One More Thing…

Filed in Arts and Entertainment by on April 2, 2019 0 Comments

Not only are you gonna see the greatest blues harp (aka harmonica) player in the world with his band, not only are you getting a great opener in Reed Turchi, but now your first libation will be compliments of moi, El Somnambulo. When you show up at the concert, mention my name (I’ll be there) […]

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‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes: March, 2019

Filed in Arts and Entertainment by on April 1, 2019 0 Comments

If you’re seeking musical diversity, this is the month for you. We’ve got pretty much everything but death metal and show tunes.  Presented, as almost always, in alphabetical order by artist’s name:   The ‘John Wayne’ reference is to the airport in Orange County, CA (formerly the home of the John Birch Society): On the […]

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General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thurs., March 28, 2019

Filed in Delaware, Featured by on March 28, 2019 6 Comments

A ‘Just the facts, Ma’am’ edition due to time constraints and a few glitches in the legislative information system.  (Memo to Legislative Council: You might want to take LIS for a test drive. It’s been a little temperamental lately. Nothing serious, though.) Don’t worry, ‘Teh Snark’ will return as warranted. The Senate unanimously passed legislation […]

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General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Weds., March 27, 2019

Filed in Delaware, Featured by on March 27, 2019 12 Comments

Four D state reps voted against one of the most innocuous gun reform measures you could possibly imagine.  Keeping loaded firearms away from kids would seem to be as cut-and-dried as you could get. Not to Andria Bennett, Bill Bush, Lumpy Carson, and Quin Johnson, it isn’t.  Of the four, only Lumpy could even claim […]

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Rethugs Looking For New State Chair

Filed in Delaware by on March 26, 2019 16 Comments

Mike Harrington is stepping down as Chair of the State Republican Committee.  From Matt Bittle’s Twitter feed: Republican Party Chairman Mike Harrington is not running for a second term. “Unfortunately, a number of personal matters have stepped in the way. They are items that I cannot postpone. They will monopolize my time,” he writes in […]

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Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tues., March 26, 2019

Filed in Delaware, Featured by on March 26, 2019 20 Comments
Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tues., March 26, 2019

Will the NRA once again kill common-sense gun reform? It’s possible. The House is scheduled to consider HB 63(Lynn) today.  The bill: …revises the crime of “unlawfully permitting a child access to a firearm,” an existing class A misdemeanor under Delaware law. The offense is renamed “unsafe storage of a firearm” to place emphasis on […]

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The Biden Campaign Is Doomed Before It Starts–And Joe Knows It

Filed in Delaware, Featured, National by on March 25, 2019 8 Comments

The ‘tell’ is Biden himself.  You don’t publicly muse about whether you’re too old, whether the voters will think you’re too old, whether you can raise enough money to be competitive, whether you should announce you will only serve one term, whether you should make a VP pick before you even get in, if you’re […]

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